WEBVTT ATKINSON WITH WHAT POLICE FOUNDIN THE CAR.TIM: POLICE IN ATKINSON SAVE --SAY THEIR OFFICERS FOUND HEROINAND METHAMPHETAMINES.THEY ALSO BELIEVE THE MEN WERETRYING TO SELL THE DRUGS.IT WAS JUST BEFORE 7:00 THURSDAYNIGHT WHEN AN ATKINSON POLICEOFFICER PULLED OVER A VEHICLE ONEAST ROAD.>> AN OFFICER STOPPED THEVEHICLE FOR AN INSPECTIONVIOLATION.THE DRIVER STATED THEY WEREPASSING THROUGH.BUT THEY LIVE ALMOST TWO HOURSAWAY.TI THE OFFICER BECAMESUSPICIOUS AND DID A QUICK CHECKON THE DRIVER.>> HE HAD AN OUTSTANDING WARRANTFOR A DRUG VIOLATION.TI THIS IS WHAT POLICE FOUNDINSIDE.ALONG WITH A SCALE, FRESHSPOONS AND NEEDLES.TI HE PLACED THE MEN UNDERARREST ON SEVERAL CHARGES.THREE WERE CHARGED.TWO HAD OUTSTANDING WARRANTS.TI THE SERGEANT SAYS HISOFFICERS HAVE COME ACROSS DRUGSBEFORE BUT NOT ON THIS SCALE.>> LIKE EVERY TOWN IN NEWHAMPSHIRE, WE ARE SEEING DRUGS.THIS IS A HIGHER QUANTITY THANWE TYPICALLY SEE.TI: ONE SUSPECT WAS ARRAIGNEDTHIS MORNING.THE OTHERS WILL HAVE THEIR DAYIN COURT ON MONDAY.

Three men from the Lakes Region are facing charges after they were arrested during a traffic stop in Atkinson. Police said they found multiple bags containing what they believe to be heroin and meth and think the men were trying to sell the drugs.

A police officer pulled over the men in a car just before 7 p.m. Thursday for an inspection violation.

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After talking a bit, the officer asked the driver what the group was up to.

"The driver stated that they were just passing through," Atkinson police Sgt. Nathan Lyons said. "However, they live almost two hours away up near the Plymouth area."

Lyons said the officer grew suspicious and did a quick check on the driver.

"He learned the driver had an outstanding warrant out of Belknap County, New Hampshire, for a drug violation," Lyons said.

Police said they found multiple drugs of what they believe to be heroin and methamphetamine along with a scale, fresh spoons and fresh needles in a search of the car.

Howe is charged with possession of a controlled drug, possession of a controlled drug with intent to sell and transporting drugs in a motor vehicle. He also had an active warrant out for possession of drugs with intent to sell.

Spencer is charged with possession of a controlled drug.

D'Alessandro is charged with possession of a controlled drug and possession of a controlled drug with intent to sell, and he had a warrant out for possession of a controlled drug.

Lyons said his officers have come across drugs in traffic stops before but nothing of this scale.

"Atkinson is a very quiet town. It's a nice town. The community here is great, but like every town in New Hampshire and our area, we're seeing drugs," he said. "This is a higher quantity than we typically see, but we do see it. We're still having overdoses, so obviously it's a problem that's problematic to our area."

A woman in the car was released at the scene because she did not commit any crimes.